Three members of local advocacy group Schenectady Clergy Against Hate will lead a discussion at Union College next week. The address is part of the College’s Forum on Constructive Engagement.
Three members of local advocacy group Schenectady Clergy Against Hate will lead a discussion at Union College next week. The address is part of the College’s Forum on Constructive Engagement.
With reforms in sight, revamped community policing eyed in Schenectady
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1of8Buy PhotoJamaica Miles, with the group All Of Us, speaks about the Reform and Reinvention Collaboration Report and about the process to get to the final report during a press conference on the step of city hall on Monday, March 8, 2021, in Schenectady, N.Y. (Paul Buckowski/Times Union)Paul Buckowski/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
2of8Buy PhotoSchenectady Police Chief Eric Clifford speaks at a press conference held to discuss a partnership to develop a virtual reality educational tool to train officers and other first responders in tactics aimed at de-escalating situations that may be encountered in the real world on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021, in Schenectady, N.Y. Catapult Games is designing the virtual reality training tool. (Paul Buckowski/Times Union)Paul Buckowski/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
Following turbulent final stretch, Schenectady police reforms go before public
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Sabrina Chambers of Schenectady uses a megaphone as Black Lives Matter demonstrators protest the treatment of Yugeshwar Gaindarpersaud outside of Schenectady library on Monday, July 13, 2020 in Schenectady, N.Y. Gaindarpersaud who was arrested last Monday in a videotaped confrontation showed a police officer putting his knee on Gaindarpersaud s neck. In March 2021 the city s police reform draft plan goes before the public. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)Lori Van Buren/Albany Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
Black Lives Matter demonstrators participate in an Occupy Schenectady City Hall protest over the treatment of Yugeshwar Gaindarpersaud on Monday, July 13, 2020 in Schenectady, N.Y. Gaindarpersaud who was arrested last Monday in a videotaped confrontation showed a police officer putting his knee on Gaindarpersaud s neck. The city s police reform draft plan goes before the public in Marc
Schenectady police propose mental health crisis team - with no police uniforms
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From left, Sgt. Nick Mannix and Lt. Ryan Macherone listen to Pastor Ronald Butler speak as police and city leaders meet with neighborhood groups and ministers to talk about reforms needed in the police department at the Tabernacle Baptist Church on Wednesday, July 29, 2020 in Schenectady, N.Y. (Lori Van Buren/Times Union)Lori Van Buren/Albany Times Union
SCHENECTADY City police agree an officer in a patrol car isn’t always the best response for someone in a mental health crisis.
But sometimes, there are no other options.